pandalabs.pandasecurity.com/pandalabs-annual-report-2010 In 2010, cyber-criminals have created and distributed a third of all existing viruses, in just 12 months, they have created 34 percent of all malware that has ever existed and has been classified by the company. The list of countries with the most infections is topped by Thailand, China and Taiwan, with 60 to 70 percent of infected computers.

Last year, around 95 percent of all email traffic globally was spam, yet this figure dropped to an average of 85 percent in 2010. As for the second protagonist of the year, we have seen many examples of cyber-war in 2010, the most notorious being Stuxnet. This was a new worm that targeted nuclear power plants and actually managed to infect the Bushehr plant, as confirmed at least by the Iranian authorities.